Bottle package or packing-box



(No Model.)

A. H. MEECH. BOTTLE PACKAGE' OR PACKING BOX.

Patented Feb. 21, 1893.

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UNITED STAFES PATENT GFFICE.

ALFRED H. MEECH, OF CHATHAM, NEW YORK.v

BOTTLE PACKAGE' OR PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,305, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed May 24, 1892.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. MEECH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chatham, in the county of Columbia and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Packages or Packing-Boxes, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple, efficientand economical multilocular bottlepackage, or a multilateral package orpacking box having many bottle receiving cells, which is susceptible ofuse for safely transporting bottles and other fragile vessels, articles,or objects, and protecting them from breakage or other injury or damagewhile in transit on cars, vehicles or otherwise from place to place, orwhile packed away.

The invention also has for its object to provide a new and improvedmultilocular package or packing box which can be readily andeconomically manufactured, conveniently applied and placed on the marketin the cornplete form adapted for immediate use in packing andtransporting bottles and other fragile vessels or articles, so thatlight, heat, frost, dirt and the like are excluded from the bottles orvessels and the package can be conveniently shipped, handled or carriedwithout danger of breaking, injuring or damaging the contents.

To accomplish these objects the invention consists essentially in afolding bottle-pack- `age or packing box, consisting of a multilocularframe, and a wrapping or inclosing sheet therefor, having soft, flexiblepacking Wall-sections arranged to constitute walls for the several sidesof the frame when the latter is wrapped or inclosed in the sheet.

The invention also consists in the combination with a flexible andelastic multilocular frame, of a flexible Wrapping or inclosing sheetprovided with separated flexible and sponge-like packing wall-sectionslocated in two rows or sets at right angles to each other, in suchmanner that when the cell frame is wrapped or inclosed in the iiexiblesheet the said two rows or sets of packing wall-sections will constitutecushioned walls for the several sides of the frame and close theoutermost cells thereof.

Serial No. 434,179. (No model.)

The invention also consists in other features of construction andcombination or arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l,is a plan View of the flexible wrapping or inclosing sheet. Fig. 2, isan edge View of the same. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view showingthe multilocular frame in position and the wrapping or inclosing sheetpartially wrapped around the same. Fig. 4, is a detail perspective viewof the complete bottle package or packing box, and Fig. 5, is asectional view of the same.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinventionI will now describe the same in detail, referring to t-he drawingswherein The numeral l indicates a iiexible wrapping or inclosing sheetwhich as shown is rectangular in form but may be of any other shapesuitable for the conditions required. This iiexible sheet is composed ofManila or other i paper such as felt-paper or other material which willrender it susceptible of being folded for the purpose of Wrapping up acell-frame hereinafter described. The paper or other wrapping orinclosing sheet is provided along one edge or end portion with a row orset of soft flexible and elastic packing wall-sections 2, 3, and 4,which as represented, are square in outline and are separated at theiradjacent edges a suitable distance to permit the folding of the sheet,as will hereinafter appear. The sheet is also provided alongits medianline with another row or set of similarpackin g wallsections 5, 6, and7, corresponding substantially in dimensions with the packingwallsections 2, 3 and 4. The sections 5, 6, and 7 are arranged inalignment and are so disposed that the section 7 is at a distance remotefrom the edge 8 of the wrapping or inclosing sheet, for the purpose ofproviding the iiap portion 9.

The iiexible sheet is provided with creases l0, at opposite sides of thepacking wall-sections 5 and 7, to facilitate folding the sheet to IOOtaining the bottles or other fragile vessels, articles or objects whichare to be transported or packed away. The number of sheets composing themultilocular frame will vary according to the number of cells which areto be provided. In the example here illustrated, the multilocular framecomprises twelve cells, but the number of cells may be largely varied tosuit the conditions required.

The packing wall-sections are each composed of two sheets of felt-papercontaining between them parallel narrow strips 17, Fig. 2, of similarmaterial slightly separated to form air spaces and thus promote thecushioning effect or quality of the sections. The felt--paper iscomposed of cotton and wool, the latter materially aiding to excludefrost and cold and to render the sections soft, flexible andsponge-like. The wall-sections constructed as described are firmlycemented throughout their length and breadth to the paper or otherflexible wrapping or inclosing sheet, and are slightly separated attheir adjacent edges to permit the sheet to be folded upon themultilocular frame into box form. The wall sections thicken andstrengthen the flexible sheet and preserve the box-like configuration orshape of the package or packing box while they close the outermost cellsof the multilocular frame and present soft, flexible and sponge-likesurfaces to the bottles or other fragile vessels, articles or objectscontained in such outermost cells. The packing wallsections may,however, be otherwise constructed but it is desirable that they possesssoftness, fiexibility, elasticity and a spongelike nature for thepurpose of enabling bottles and other fragile vessels to be safelytransported or handled without danger of breaking, or damaging the same.

In preparing the package for transportation or other purpose, themultilocular frame is stood upright on the wall-section 6, which is nearthe center of the wrapping or inclosing sheet l, the sheet is thenfolded so that the wall-section 5, stands perpendicular to close oneside of the frame and the wall-section 3 lies horizontal to close thetop side thereof. The Wall-sections 2 and 4 are turned down at oppositesides of the frame and the wall-section 7 is turned to a verticalposition to close the remaining side of the frame,the flap port-ion 9 ofthe wrapping or inclosing sheet being caused to extend over the wallsections 2, 3 and 4. The portions 18 and 19 of the Wrapping or inclosingsheet are then turned up against the wall-sections 2 and 4, and thetriangular portions 20 and 2l thus formed are turned toward each other,so that the Whole presents the appearance represented by Fig. 4C. Thefolded parts of the sheet may be cemented or otherwise secured, as forexample by properly tying a string around the same.

The manner of folding the sheet above described is desirable and givessatisfactory results, but obviously the sheet may be otherwise foldedwithout affecting the spirit of my invention. y

To provide a square packagethe packing wall-sections are square inoutline and are of uniform dimensions, and the two rows or sets eachcomprise three sections. I do not,how ever, con fine myself to thisparticular shape of package, as it may be made of different form byproperly shaping and locating the wall-sections.

I prefer to cement the wall sections to the fiexible wrapping orinclosing sheet as this facilitates the manufacture of the article, butother means to secure the sections to the wrapping or inclosing sheetmay be employed.

The multilocular frame composed of soft, flexible sheets interlocked asdescribed, renders it possible for this frame to be collapsed into asubstantially fiat condition so that the parts comprising the packagecan be placed on the market in a flat condition and thus largequantities can be shipped or transported with economy in space.

The invention provides a very desirable package orpacking box composedof a frame having many cells and a flexible wrapping or inclosing sheethaving packing wall-sections so applied and disposed as to close in theoutermost cells of the frame and produce a closed package.

The parts comprising the package or packing box can be manufactured veryreadily and with considerable economy, they can be conveniently applied,and they are susceptible of being placed on the market in a completeform adapted for immediate use in shipping or packing away lbottles orany other fragile vessels, articles or objects.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is- 1. A folding bottlepackage or packing box, consisting o f a multilocular frame, and awrapping or inclosing sheet having packing wall-sections secured theretoand constituting walls for all the sides of the multilocular frame whenthe latter is wrapped or inclosed in the sheet, substantially asdescribed.

2. A folding bottle package or packing box, consisting of a multilocularframe, and a Wrapping or inclosing sheet having cushioned wall sectionscemented thereto and arranged to constitute Walls for the several sidesof the multilocular frame when the latter is wrapped or inclosed in thesheet, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a soft and flexible multilocular frame, of aflexible wrapping or inclosing sheet provided with separated packingwall sections located in two rows or sets at right angles to each otherto constitute Walls for the several sides of the frame and close theoutermost cells thereof when said frame is wrapped or inclosed in theliexible sheet, substantially as described.

4t. The combination with a multilocular frame composed of interlockingstrips of iexible and elastic material, of a fiexible wrap- IOO IIO

ping or inclosing sheet having a roviT or set of soft flexible packingWall-sections extending along one edge or end portion and another oneedge or end portion and another row or set of like sections extending atright angles thereto, said Wrappin g or inclosing sheet having foldedcreases or lines and adapted to fold in against opposite Wall-sectionswhen the sheet is Wrapped round the multilocular frame, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination with a multilocular frame, of a Wrapping or inclosingsheet having two rows or sets of packing Wall-sections extending atright angles to each other to con stitute Walls for the several sidesofthe multilocular frame when the latter is Wrapped or inclosed in thesheet, said sheet having attached thereto at one edge or end a iapportion 9 and creased portions l0 at opposite sides of one of the rowsor sets of Wall-sections, substantially as described. p

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand and afxed my seal inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED n. Menon. [n s] Witnesses:

SANFORD W. SMITH, WALLACE C. BEEBE.

